Good article.
And it is joined nicely by the book I just finished reading:
State of Fear by R. Crichton. It also makes the point that people are ruled by fears.
Wether it's the cold war, environmental issues (main story of the book), terrorists or invasion by other religions (the spanish inquisition, crusades, etc) fear is the way the powers-that-be contain the populace.
Whenever you see the government, news networks or prominent figures preach to a fear, take a step back and re-evaluate. Remember that as long as the public (you) is busy being afraid, you won't be able to adequatly question the government on it's actions.
Anyway, this turns out to be more of a Tilted Politics post
Back to gaming: I like the GTA series of games. I've played them from the first in the series. I still play it, and I have yet to kill, rape, beat up or rob a single person.
Like the many posts before me: leave the job of parenting up to the parents. (and be sure to make them responsible for their failures!!)